Wolverine quarterback Jake Rudock was knocked out of the game on a hit by Joey Bosa.
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Michigan State may have ended the national champions’ quest to repeat by beating the Nittany Lions 55-16 and earning a spot in next week’s title game against Iowa.
Ross’ go-ahead score came on the first play from scrimmage after Kyle Federico had put Rutgers ahead 41-39 with a 30-yard field goal with 4:57 to play. The Spartans have three wins over teams ranked in the College Football Playoff, including two on the road. Should MSU win the Big Ten title on Saturday, many analysts claim that they would deserve a spot in the college football playoffs, though nothing is certain.
No. 4 Iowa (12-0, 8-0 Big Ten), with 12 wins for the first time, has been doing it that way since Kirk Ferentz took over in 1999. “So, there’s added risk to all of this for us”. “I’m just focusing right now on getting better and what we need to do”. The Iowa Hawkeyes ground game is averaging 203.6 yards per contest, and Jordan Canzeri leads the way with 964 yards and 12 touchdowns. During a teleconference Monday, Cook said he was impressed with Iowa’s toughness.
Actually, the Spartans had a pretty good idea of what Allen could do, because the team had run a similar version of the play during its intrasquad Green-White game in the spring. Even as Iowa was piling up win after win, some of their detractors point out that they had a schedule that didn’t include games against the Spartans, Buckeyes or Wolverines. Burbridge came back in from out of bounds – officials ruled he was forced out – and caught the pass around the 10. McDowell ran it back 13 yards for a TD.
There was obviously no letdown from their shocking upset in Columbus.
Here’s the boring truth about Saturday’s conference championships: They may not bring any chaos at all. Cook now has 9018 total yards over his career.
Then the win at Ohio State happened – despite not having Cook – and a subsequent rout of Penn State.
Center Jacoby Boren said playing the Wolverines is more important than Elliott’s comments and that the loss to MI State doesn’t change anything. “You can’t turn the ball over and make critical errors against a top team like this”. The Nittany Lions couldn’t stop the 296-pound lineman as he rumbled to the end zone.
When a team converts more than 50 percent of their third-downs, that’s very good, and that’s exactly what the scarlet and gray did against MI.
“He was comfortable in the pocket”, Franklin said.
“We had a bad feeling in our stomach after last week”, said OSU linebacker Darron Lee, who had seven tackles. “When you take your two starting defensive ends off your unit, that’s going to have an effect”. Rudock made a 5-yard scoring pass to Jehu Chesson to cut Ohio State’s lead to 14-10 just before halftime.
Some day soon, when Harbaugh gets his own recruits and his own system in place, he can get MI into the neighborhood where Ohio State now resides.
MI kept the game competitive – in the first half. He’s only the second player in school history to reach 150 receptions…. Barrett was also effective through the air, throwing for 113 yards and a touchdown and no interceptions on just 15 throws. He entered the game tied with Matt McGloin, who had 46….
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With the win, Michigan State clinched their third divisional title in the last five years, and are on their way to a match up with unbeaten Iowa for the conference championship this Saturday night.
